Interest Group Politics

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Once again, Cigler and Loomis bring together noted political scientists to provide comprehensive coverage and cutting-edge research on interest group influence in U.S. politics. Contributors examine the growth of social networks in lobbying, the actions of organized interests during the health care reform debate, campaign mobilization and congressional decision-making from the group perspective, and more.

Preface

p. vii

Contributors

p. ix

Introduction: The Changing Nature of Interest Group Politics

p. 1

Group Organization

p. 35

Learning to Lobby: Groups, Venues, and Information in Eighteenth-Century America

p. 37

Reappraising the Survival Question: Why We Should Focus on Interest Group Organizational Form and Careers

p. 52

Trade Associations, the Collective Action Dilemma, and the Problem of Cohesion

p. 74

Dissenting Doctors: The Internal Politics of the AMA during the Health Care Reform Debate

p. 9

Learning Civic Leadership: Leader Skill Development in the Sierra Club

p. 110

Groups and the Electoral Process

p. 139

Interest Group Money in the 2008 Federal Election

p. 141

Interest Group Television Advertising in Presidential and Congressional Elections